2025 Best Botany Schools in Ohio

Botany isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #612 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for botany students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 43 degrees in botany to qualified students.

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Pick Your Botany Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Botany Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Botany in Ohio

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the botany degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Ohio Schools in Botany

1

Miami University - Oxford
Oxford, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38.9% Growth in Graduates

Miami University - Oxford is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in botany. Miami University - Oxford is a large public university located in the town of Oxford.More information about a degree in botany from Miami University - Oxford

2

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in botany. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the distant town of Athens.More information about a degree in botany from Ohio University - Athens Campus

Best Botany Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Botany Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	915	20
Illinois	870	20
Indiana	737	26
Wisconsin	672	14

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Rankings in Majors Related to Botany

One of 4 majors within the Botany/Plant Biology area of study, Botany has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	13

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.